technical diving

Increasing pressure at depth also increases the risk of oxygen toxicity based on the partial pressure of oxygen in the breathing mixture.For this reason, technical diving often includes the use of breathing mixtures other than air.These factors increase the level of risk and training required for technical diving far beyond that required for recreational diving.…

By the end of the 1990s, The Pit in the Dos Ojos cave system located 5.8 km from the Caribbean coast had been discovered, and in 2008 it was 119 m deep.At that time, technical diving and rebreather equipment and techniques became common place.By the turn of the millennium the longest underwater cave system at that time, Ox Bel Ha was established by cave diving explorers whose combined efforts and information helped join segments of previously explored caves.…

The use of these gases forms part of technical diving and requires further training and certification.While the individual diver cannot predict exactly at what depth the onset of narcosis will occur on a given day, the first symptoms of narcosis for any given diver are often more predictable and personal.…

For this reason, technical diving often includes the use of breathing mixtures other than air.These factors increase the level of risk and training required for technical diving far beyond that required for recreational diving.This is a fairly conservative definition of technical diving.…

Technical diving exposes the diver to significantly higher risks than recreational diving, including permanent illness and death, and therefore requires extensive experience, advanced training, and specialized equipment.Technical diving also often involves breathing gases other than air or standard nitrox.The term technical diving has been credited to Michael Menduno, who was editor of the (now defunct) diving magazine aquaCorps Journal.…

While there are potential hazards involved with solo diving, most of these can be planned for and mitigated by the proper use of redundant equipment.In technical diving, where redundancy is standard, self-sufficiency is taught more strongly.In many situations if a diver has a problem, other divers (e.g. their buddy) may not have sufficient gas to complete the dive for both.…

In technical diving these objectives often become much more complex and very specific - penetration of a particular part of a cave to a particular point.Many diving objectives require allocation of specific roles and responsibilities.…

Nuytten has worked in numerous countries as a commercial diver.In his work for the commercial, scientific, and military industries, he has developed equipment and deep-water diving, and technical diving techniques.During the 1960s and 1970s, Nuytten was involved in the development of mixed-gas decompression tables.…

The concept and term, technical diving, are both relatively recent advents, although divers have been engaging in what is now commonly referred to as technical diving for decades.There is some professional disagreement as to what all technical diving encompasses.Until recently, nitrox diving was considered technical, but this is no longer the case.…

The organization trains public safety officials, including firefighters and policemen for underwater/submerged environments.It's sister organization Technical Diving International, is the world's largest training agency for technical diving.…

Mark Ellyatt is a British technical diver and instructor.He teaches technical diving all over the world, including Egypt, Lebanon and Greece.…

Others seek to define technical diving solely by reference to the use of decompression.Certain minority views contend that certain non-specific higher risk factors should cause diving to be classed as technical diving.Even those who agree on the broad definitions of technical diving may disagree on the precise boundaries between technical and recreational diving.…

Billy Deans is a former member of the board of directors of International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers (IANTD).He was a technical diving instructor for the US Government.In addition to teaching diving to the United States Army Corps of Engineers, he also taught Special forces divers for the United States Army and the United States Navy.…

Diver injury or marine animal attack may also limit the duration of stops the diver is willing to carry out.Technical diving education organizations define special procedures to be done if decompression stops are missed.These procedures may require repeating one or several stops.…

This is a highly controversial matter in recreational and technical diving.Some of the tenets are logical, supported by evidence and may even be undisputed.…

Under the PADI TecRec brand, they also offer various technical diving courses.PADI's sister company Emergency First Response Corp provides a range of first aid and CPR programs for lay people, including workplace specific programs in Australia, Canada and the UK.…

Until recently, nitrox diving was considered technical, but this is no longer the case.Some say that technical diving is any type of scuba diving that is considered higher risk than conventional recreational diving.However, some advocate that this should include penetration diving (as opposed to open-water diving), whereas others contend that penetrating overhead environments should be regarded as a separate type of diving.…

In scuba diving a manifold is used to connect two diving cylinders (tanks) with breathing gas, providing a greater amount of gas for longer dive times and greater safety due to redundancy.Diving with two or more cylinders is associated with technical diving.…

However, some advocate that this should include penetration diving (as opposed to open-water diving), whereas others contend that penetrating overhead environments should be regarded as a separate type of diving.Others seek to define technical diving solely by reference to the use of decompression.Certain minority views contend that certain non-specific higher risk factors should cause diving to be classed as technical diving.…

When used with the buddy check it can help avoid the omission, misuse and failure of diving equipment.In technical diving activities such as cave diving, threesomes are considered an acceptable practice.The sport of scuba diving had its roots among the multitude of small enthusiastic snorkelling and spearfishing clubs in the decades just before and after the Second World War.…